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OBITUARIES Rebecca Lou Wells, 68 Sylvia K. Trotter, 98 Cora P. (Van Gorp) Hoksbergen De Ronde, 103 Lacey Rachelle Bucklin, 35

INSIDE TODAY

Iowa Speedway’s purchase price: $10 million Religion

Choices reminds customers of reason for season Page 8A

Supervisors accept Recorder’s monthly report for October

By Ty Rushing Daily News Staff Writer

Jasper County Recorder Nancy Parrott confirmed the purchase of Iowa Speedway was

complete at the Tuesday, Dec. 3, meeting of the Jasper County Board of Supervisors.

“This is outside of that report, but the track transaction did come through yesterday afternoon. So, that’s a done deal,” Parrott said.

Last week, it was announced Iowa Speedway,

located in Newton, was being sold to NASCAR, which now controls the speedway under its new Iowa Speedway L.L.C. banner. After the meeting, Parrott said $15,999.20 was collected in Iowa Real Estate Transfer Tax, which comes out to about a $10 million purchase price for the speedway.

The supervisors approved her October report. It showed her office collected $20,650.85 for the month.

Jasper County Human Resources Director Dennis Simon received approval from the board for four out of the five hiring requests he submitted. He asked that one of his requests,

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By Ty Rushing Daily News Staff Writer

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Thursday

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Submitted Photo On hand for Newton Manufacturing’s announcement it was joining Mediacom’s Shoes That Fit program were IT Manager Pranav Mehta, General Services Manager Janet Graber, First Newton National Bank Vice President Rob Kahn, Senior Sales Manager Dan Livengood, and Andrew Schwandt of OnMedia Ad Sales.

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By Daily News Staff Newton Manufacturing Company’s employees have joined Mediacom’s Shoes that Fit campaign initiative to provide school-age children from Newton elementary schools specific shoes and clothing.

The clothing needs are matched to individual chil-

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dren identified by school liaisons. The donations of new shoes, boots, coats or other clothing are often the only genuinely “new” items available to children whose needs have been confidentially assessed.

The nonprofit community outreach program is led by Mediacom, along with Newton business partners First

Newton National Bank and Noble All American.

There is still time to donate to the program, by item or by check, which can be dropped off at either First Newton National Bank or Noble All American locations.

For more information about Shoes That Fit, visit www.shoesthatfit.org.

According to a report from the Jasper County Economic Development Corporation, Jasper County’s recovery from the post-Maytag downturn is going quite well.

JEDCO Executive Director Chaz Allen presented his report to the Jasper County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, Dec. 3, at its weekly meeting.

“I wanted to give an update over basically what we have done for the past 18 months over at JEDCO,” Allen began. “For the past couple of months, I created a database using the (Iowa) Department of Management and the (Iowa) Department of Workforce Development numbers to create trends on where we have been and where we are going.”

All indications from the JEDCO report, which the board approved, show the county is in the midst of an upward trend. The report was compiled using IDM and IDWD figures on unemployment, taxable sales, net taxable income and taxable property valuation.

One of the biggest areas of growth for the county was the lowering of the unemployment rate. The county currently has an unemployment rate of 4.7 percent, which Allen said is only one-tenth away from the state average of 4.6 percent.

Iowa currently ranks sixthECONOMY See Page 5A

Council supports Newbury Management plans

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By Zach Johnson Daily News Staff Writer

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Report indicates Japser County on the upswing

Sports

Cardinals cruise past Boone in season opener

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for a part-time/temporary snow plow remover for the Secondary Roads Department, be tabled until the county gets back all of the background information on the individual.

His request for two

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Monday, the Newton City Council gave its support to Newbury Management, which is applying for LowIncome Housing tax credits from the Iowa Financial Authority.

The tax credits will aid in plans to extensively renovate the Greenway

complex.

“I grew up near there and I don’t think it has been renovated since I was 5, so its been the same for 25 to 30 years,” Councilor Jeff Price. “I think this will help them out quite a bit to improve that whole neighborhood.”

Newbury requested the resolution as an act of support from the City of Newton for the proposed

renovations and direct financial support in the form of a $45,000 grant.

The $45,000 grant would help leverage more than $4 million in renovations, a significant return on the city’s investment.

City Administrator Bob Knabel said the renovations would add property value in the city.

It also would improve housing conditions for

citizens, consistent with the city’s goals.

“It does play into our low to moderate income initiative that is apart of the overall housing initiative,” City Adminstrator Bob Knable said “This is one of the opportunities that we have in the future should we move forward with the housing TIF.” Where the funds would come from would not have

to be decided for another 18 months to two years.

“This would be a perfect use of those kinds of funds that are required to go to low and moderate programs,” Knable said “It is consistent with that part of the housing initiative and the fact that amount of grant with that level of return would be a good use of that program money for this initiative.”

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Donation to benefit victims in Haiti

Financial assistance informational meeting The Congregational United Church of Christ, 308 E. Second St. N. in Newton, is hosting a discussion on financial assistance with Captain Jeff Carter of the Newton Salvation Army and Amy Hansen, county coordinator for Red Rock Area Community Action Program, at 7:15 p.m.

Carter and Hansen will share the missions, goals and services offered by their organizations. All are encouraged to attend.

The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Contact the Rev. Jessica Petersen at (641) 792-3773 with any questions.

Skiff board of trustees to meet Thursday Skiff Medical Center’s Board of Trustees will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5 in the board conference room at Skiff Medical Center.

Renew registrations for ATVs by Dec. 31

Submitted Photo Scott Griffith, chair of the stewardship and mission committee, presents a check for $7,360 to Brent Hendricks and Rich Humphrey of the Grinnell Friends Church, for the purchase of a Safe-T Home. The money was donated by the members of the United Presbyterian Church in Newton over the course of the past several months. The Safe-T Home is a modified grain bin built by the Sukup Manufacturing Company to be used as a dwelling for humans. The Grinnell Church has raised money for 13 units to be purchased and shipped to Haiti to help relieve the homeless epidemic caused by earthquakes in 2010. In March of next year they will send a group to Haiti to assemble the structures.

Nancy Parrott, Jasper County Recorder, reminds citizens their current registrations on ATVs, ORMs, ORVs and snowmobiles expire Dec. 31. The renewal period for offhighway vehicles began Sept. 1.

Renewals can be sent to the Jasper County Recorder’s Office, PO Box 665, Newton, IA 50208, or you can renew in the recorder’s office between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Send or bring your current registration when renewing.

The over-the-counter renewal fee for a current ATV, ORV and ORM registration is $17.75. To renew by mail, the fee is $18.75. The over-the-counter renewal fee for current snowmobile registrations is $17.75 plus $17.75 for the User Permit. To renew snowmobiles by mail, the fee is $18.75 plus $17.75 for the User Permit.

Please add $5.00 to the registration fee if your registration is not current. (This excludes the user permit.)

Beginning July 1, 2012, all snowmobiles operated on public land and ice in the State of Iowa were required to display an IDNR user permit in addition to the registration decal issued from Iowa or another state.

If renewing by mail, please include a day time phone number.

OWLS to meet Dec. 11 Jasper County Conservation Board will host an Older, Wiser, Livelier Seniors program at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11 at the Jasper County Armory/Annex, 1030 W. Second St. S. in Newton.

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Jasper County currently has 15 certified, active Master Gardeners. For more information about signing up for the classes, contact Tammy Welcher at welcher@iastate.edu or (641) 792-6433.

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Obituaries

Sylvia K. Trotter Dec. 1, 2013 Sylvia Trotter, 98, died Sunday morning, Dec. 1, 2013, under the care of Skiff Hospice at Heritage Manor in Newton.

A time of remembrances for Sylvia will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at the First Christian Church in Newton, conducted by Rev. Mark Young. A time of fellowship and visitation is one hour prior to the service at the church, and the burial will be in the Newton Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials have been designated in Sylvia’s name to First Christian Church or Skiff Hospice. PenceReese Funeral Home in Newton has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Sjoukje “Sylvia” Trotter, the daughter of George and Frederika

(Schroor) Kalma, was born Feb. 15, 1915, in Bussum, Holland. In 1916, Sylvia and her family came to the United States, where she attended school. She was a lifelong resident of the Newton and Jasper County area.

On Dec. 7, 1935, Sylvia was united in marriage with Jack Edward Trotter in Unionville, Mo. She devoted her life to her family and friends, and was a member of the First Christian Church. Over the years she was employed

by Dun-Lap in Newton

Cora De Ronde Dec. 1, 2013 Cora P. (Van Gorp) Hoksbergen De Ronde, 103, of Pella died on Advent Sunday at the Griffin Nursing Center in Knoxville.

A committal service will be Saturday at the Oakwood Cemetery in Pella. Family and friends may meet at the Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Homein Pella at 9:30 a.m. Visitation with the family present will from 5 to 7 p.m.

Friday at the funeral home.

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Police Blotter as a silk screener, and had also worked for the Maytag Dairy Farm, and retiring from the Newton schools, having workedin the lunch room.

Those left to honor Sylvia’s memory include her daughter Arlene (Dick) Badger of Jefferson, Mo.; her sons: Larry (Barb) Trotter and Jack (Kathy) Trotter, all of Newton; her son-inlaw Howard Shore; her 18 grandchildren; 60 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; her brothers and sisters-in-law; many nieces and nephews; and friends.

Sylvia was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Jack on Oct. 29, 1998; her two brothers, John Kalma and Richard Kalma; and her sister Ann Kalma Sanders.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.pencefh.

Rebecca Lou Wells Nov. 26, 2013 Rebecca Lou Wells, 68, formerly of Newton died Nov. 26, 2013, at her home in Norwalk.

A memorial service is pending at Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax.

Lacey Rachelle Bucklin

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Newton Police Department • Tony L. Boggs, 44, of Newton was charged with public intoxication after authorities were dispatched at 10:20 p.m. on Nov. 27 for a male who had fallen near 400 E. Second St. S. According to police reports, Boggs had fallen down and was stumbling.

He had freely stated that had been drinking and was intoxicated. Boggs waived his right to a chemical test.

He was transported to the Jasper County Jail.

• Gregory J. Bologna, 29, of Newton was arrested on a Jasper County warrant for failure to appear for a compliance hearing and sentencing on an original charge of domestic assault, public intoxication and interference at 6 p.m. on Monday at 810 E. 12th St. N. in Newton. He was transported to the Jasper County Jail.

• Christopher G. Johnson, 37, of Newton was charged with domestic assault at 10:21 p.m. on Nov. 26.

Officers were dispatched to1501 E. Sixth St. S. in reference to a domestic assault where Johnson had physically struck his girlfriend of five years with a baseball bat causing bodily injury.

The victim requested a no contact order.

• Rose A. Lehrman, 32, of Newton was arrested on a Jasper County warrant for failure to appear on an initial appearance for driving with suspended license at 10:37 p.m. on Saturday.

Officers stopped a vehicle in the 300 block of North Third Avenue East for no brake light. The driver was issued with a warning for the light, and the passenger was identified as Lehrman. She was transported to the Jasper County Jail.

A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. It is the policy of the Newton Daily News to release the names of individuals charged with a crime who are 16 and older.

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Dec. 3, 2013 Lacey Rachelle Bucklin, 35, of Newton died Tuesday, Dec. 03, 2013. Funeral services are pending at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton.

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Submitted Photo The November students along with Rotary’s exchange student from Spain. From left are Rotary President, Patrick Hatting, Emily Forsyth, Maria Carcaba Gomez and Sean Cook.

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Newtown to release 911 calls from school shooting HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Recordings of several 911 calls made from inside Sandy Hook Elementary during last year’s school shooting are being released under court order Wednesday after a legal fight

by The Associated Press.

The AP has been asking for an opportunity to review the tapes, which will now be released Wednesday to the news cooperative in addition to other media organizations. The AP will review the tapes’ content and determine what might meet its standards before releasing material to subscribers.

Prosecutors opposed their release, arguing among other things that the record-

ings could cause the victims’ families more anguish.

“We all understand why some people have strong feelings about the release of these tapes. This was a horrible crime,” said Kathleen Carroll, AP executive editor and senior vice president.

“It’s important to remember, though, that 911 tapes, like other police documents, are public records. Reviewing them is a part of normal newsgathering in a responsible news organization.”

A total of seven landline calls from inside the school to Newtown police are expected to be released.

“Release of the audio recordings will also allow the public to consider and weigh

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Talk of the Town The Newton Daily News recently hit the streets and asked local citizens the following question:

What are your thoughts on the recent purchase of Iowa Speedway?

Clint Nelson

“It’s great because it’s going to bring in more people from out of state. We’re working with the big boys now.”

“It’s a good thing because it should bring some bigger series to the speedway, like Sprint Cup.” Kasea Icenbice

Robert Doerring

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“It’s absolutely the greatest thing to happen to our town and Central iowa in a long time. Nothing but good things should come out of this for us.”

“It will bring in more people out there, and I’m excited to see what the next years bring.”

Jessica Perkins

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This week’s Question: How soon do you think Iowa Speedway will get a Sprint Cup date now that NASCAR owns the racetrack?

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Guest Commentary

UN climate delegates accept blame for natural disasters

By Tom Harris Executive Director, International Climate Science Coalition

Ty’s Take

Driving down memory lane

& Dr. Madhav Khandekar Climate Scientist Delegates at the recent United Nations climate conference in Warsaw decided that one billion dollars a day, the amount currently being spent across the world on ‘climate finance’, is not enough. Far greater funding is needed to save the world from what UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calls the “greatest threat facing humanity.” That climate science is highly immature and global warming actually stopped 17 years ago was never mentioned.

Here’s what our representatives just agreed to.

Starting in 2014, the UN’s Green Climate Fund, a plan to divert an additional $100 billion per year from the treasuries of developed countries to those of developing nations to help them “take action on climate change”, will commence operation.

A timetable was accepted to pave the way towards the establishment of a new international treaty in 2015 that will force developed countries to spend untold billions more to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The fine print in the negotiating text includes an out-clause for developing nations, indicating that CO2 emission targets that their governments agree to will not be enforced. Developed nations do not have this escape clause.

The rules governing how developing countries will be financially rewarded, at our cost, for reducing deforestation were also established.

But this is only the tip of the financial iceberg we will soon face. Last minute concessions by our representatives have set us up for a potential liability of trillions of dollars. They agreed to the establishment of a new institution under the UN’s legal framework: the “Warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage associated with climate change impacts”.

In so doing, the door has been opened to requiring that we compensate developing countries for the impact of extreme weather events that are supposedly our fault. No one knows to what extent the charges against us will be retroactive, but for the first time ever, the costs of extreme weather events all over the world are about to COMMENTARY See Page 7A

Dan Goetz Publisher Mandi Lamb Associate Editor

I think everyone’s first car should be absolutely terrible. Just a real hunk-of-junk on wheels, a rolling disaster, I mean the epitome of the term “bucket.”

I’m talking rusted out ’70s Ford Pinto bad here.

Now, before you condemn me, hear me out as to why I think this.

By Ty Rushing As I drove back from my Daily News Staff Writer wonderful Thanksgiving visit home, it made me appreciate my current car even more. You see, my last car, which was stolen, by the way, was an absolute clunker. But I still loved it.

“Big Purp,” was a 1999 Purple Plymouth Breeze. It had an oil leak, mismatched hubcaps — with one missing on the front driver’s side

or AC, and I couldn’t drive it more than 40 miles outside the city limits.

This car was so bad at times, that on my first day at UMKC, my TAKE See Page 7A

A Conversation About Care

The history of Skiff (Part V) In the last few years of the 1960s and the first few years of the 1970s, hospitals were experiencing a period of growth in volume, facilities and funding. Financial performance was strong as the Medicare and Medicaid programs grew and Steve Long health insurCEO ance benefits Skiff Medical Center were offered to more and more people through their place of work.

Increasing insurance coverage led to increasing utilization of healthcare services and dramatic increases in health-care costs. By the early 1970s, skyrocketing health-care costs was front page news across the country. In 1973, Congress responded to the pressure to “do something” to reign in costs by passing legislation requiring every

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wheel — bungee cords keeping the front bumper attached, a duct-taped driver side mirror, a Superglued-on rearview mirror, a cassette deck, a permanently reclined driver’s seat, scrapes and scratches all around, a crack in the engine block, no heat

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employer with more than 25 employees to include a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) as an alternative to traditional insurance coverage.

Interestingly, in that same year Congress also expanded the Medicare program to cover additional services including outpatient therapy, treatment for patients with end-stage kidney failure, and people younger than 65 with permanent disabilities. As a way to offset the costs of these additional programs, Medicare began to decrease their payments to hospitals by moving to a “lower of cost or charges” system and eliminating some elements from the equation of calculating cost. The impact on Skiff Memorial Hospital was significant. Prior to 1973, if a hospital had an extended care facility, Medicare would cover any excess financial loss associated with these patients. This allowance ended in 1973, leaving Skiff with no choice but to reduce the number of extended care beds to 20, cutting

the size of the program located in the Hunter Wing in half.

The 1970s were a difficult time for America, with unrest regarding the end of the Vietnam War, uncertainty associated with the impeachment of a president, and a middleeastern oil embargo to cap it off.

But the 1970s were also a time of innovation. In the 1960s and years prior, it was common for patients to be admitted to the hospital for simple procedures, like cataract surgery, and to be kept immobile in their beds for such extended periods of time that they would develop pneumonia due to lack of activity. It was rare for patients to be told their diagnosis, let alone be informed about medication or treatment options.

The lessons learned in the 1960s, along with the evidence learned from clinical studies, began to be put in practice in the 1970s and processes of care were influenced in CONVERSATION See Page 7A

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St. Nick’s Christmas Club seeks more ‘adopting’ support Dozens of families remain available for ‘adoption’ this year

By Daily News Staff The St. Nick’s Christmas Club is seeking the community’s support in “adopting” a needy Jasper County family by providing toys and clothing to the children in family this Christmas season.

Local support has been strong this year, organizers say, but dozens of families remain

to be “adopted” with just over two weeks remaining until the distribution date.

“Through the Jasper County community’s support, we’re getting there,” said St. Nick’s Christmas Club President Pete Hussmann.

“But we have 62 families yet to be adopted.”

Once again this year, the St. Nick’s Christmas Club is working to provide toys, clothes and food to more than 600 children from throughout the county in more

than 200 families.

Those interested in “adopting” may do so by selecting a needy family from the “adoption” book that is located at the front desk of the offices of the Newton Daily News.

When a family is “adopted,” the individual or group purchases a shirt, pants, socks, underwear and a toy for each child in the family. The Christmas Club purchases food boxes for each family.

Information is provided in the “adoption” paperwork provided to the

“adopter” that includes the age, sex and clothing size of each child in the family. A special “wish list” toy list for each child is also provided. Information on where the purchased gifts are to be delivered is also included in the paperwork. Items can begin to be delivered to Christmas Club’s inventory site beginning Saturday and running all next week.

Though the task of providing toys, clothing and food to more than 600 needy children

in Jasper County might appear overwhelming, members of the St. Nick’s Christmas Club hold faith that each year’s effort will be met with success.

“Sure, we pull our hair out every year at this time,” Hussmann said, “but somehow it has always worked out. We keep the faith and remember our motto that, ‘Yes Jasper County, there is a Santa Claus.’ It’s all of us working and pulling together that has allowed us to repeat this

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Pacesetters to compete at State

By Daily News Staff The Newton Pacesetters will be competing at the Iowa State Dance/ Drill Team Competition on Friday at Wells Fargo Arena and Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines.

The ISDTA Dance Championships involve more than 5,000 participants representing more than 275 high school dance teams and color guards. Teams are judged by an expert panel of judges from across the United States.

The judges’ scores are

based on appearance, choreography, execution, technique and general effect/ showmanship. Teams will be awarded Division I, II, and III ratings along with trophy placements.

Teams are also recognized for academics, community service and sportsmanship.

The Pacesetters will be competing against 12 teams in each of their categories: Class XII Pom (1:37 p.m.), Class V Jazz (3:49 p.m.) and Class III Kick (7:41 p.m.). Last year, the Pacesetters received Division I ratings

in each of these categories.

The Pacesetters’ goal for this year is to receive a Division I rating in all three categories as well as place in the top five teams overall. The team believes these goals are attainable due to many hours of practice, hard work, and most importantly teamwork.

The Pacesetters are coached by Paige Meredith.

The competition will run from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Doors open for spectators at 7 a.m. All seats are general admission. Tickets cost is $10.

Heavy snowfall in north Nebraska, northwest Iowa OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A wintry storm that heaped snow on the Rockies has pushed east into northern Nebraska and northwest Iowa.

The National Weather Service said Wednesday that 10.5 inches of snow has been recorded over 18 hours in Valentine, which

sits near the South Dakota state line in northwest Nebraska. To the east in Boyd County, 5.4 inches was recorded in Butte.

The National Weather Service says the snow is moving slowly out of the area, but the cold remains.

Wind chills of minus 20 were experienced near

Rushville and Gordon in the Nebraska Panhandle.

NWS meteorologist Todd Heitkamp says 4 to 6 inches of snow has fallen in northwest Iowa.

Further south in Iowa, freezing drizzle forced delayed starts for schools in Treynor, Woodbine and Underwood.

lowest in unemployment rate nationally, according to U.S. Department of Labor.

The report indicates that 170 more Jasper County citizens are working now versus August of this year, when the county’s unemployment rate sat at 5.8 percent. Allen said Jasper County’s unemployment at the time was among the worst in the state.

“We are making gains from being the highest unemployed to about average right now, so those are positive signs for Jasper County,” Allen told the board.

IDWD figures indicate there are still about 950 county residents who are still unemployed, which is a significant drop from the last year’s peak figure of 1,530.

The number of unemployed in the county sat at 1,280 in January.

JEDCO’s report cites the increases in diversified business interests within the county for helping to lower that figure.

Some examples Allen provided were the Janco expansion in Sully, the progress of the Main Street Project in Colfax and Pace Manufacturing purchasing additional space in the JEDCO Business Park in Newton.

Additionally, he pointed out JEDCO’s partnership with Prairie City Economic Development to purchase 12 acres for future development in Prairie City, Monroe gaining a future Family Dollar retail store and the City of Baxter and the Baxter Economic Development Corporation partnering to build a new five- to six-stall retail facility in Baxter.

“Industrial (value) is the biggest improvement. In 2007, we went from $53 million dollars as a county, down to $29 million dollars (2008) and that’s

minor miracle for the past 25 years.”

Monetary donations may be sent to P.O. Box 162, Newton, IA 50208.

Tax deductible donations may be made out to the Jasper Community Foundation in care of the St. Nick’s Christmas Club.

For more information, call the St. Nick’s Christmas Club “Ho-Ho-Hotline” at (641) 840-2387 or (641) 840-2387 and leave a message.

By the Numbers: Jasper County’s Rebound The following summary shows Jasper County’s recent financial figures compared to those from 2007. Information compiled by the Jasper County Economic Development Corporation from Iowa Department of Managment and Iowa Department of Workforce Development data.

Jasper County Sales Tax Variance: this figure measures the amount of sales taxes collected. Jasper County saw a 2-percent growth from 2011 to 2012. The 2012 figure is $319.6 million and the 2007 figure was $334.6 million.

Jasper County Residential Variance: this figure measures the value of residential properties in the county. In 2007, the residential variance was valued at $1.3 billion and in 2012, the figure rose to nearly $1.5 billion.

Jasper County Commercial Variance: this figure measures the value of areas designated commercial property in the county. The commercial variance was valued at $201.5 million in 2007, and has risen to $264.8 million.

Jasper County Industrial Variance: this figure measures the value of areas designated industrial property in the county. The industrial variance was valued at $53.1 million in 2007 and dropped to $29.8 million in 2008. Since then, the figure has steadily climbed and reached $51.4 million in 2012. basically because of what happened to Maytag,” Allen said.

“Now, we are back up to $51 million dollars and a lot of that is attributed to what’s happened in Newton, but every little thing in the county helps bring that number up.”

Trucker gets life sentences DES MOINES, (AP) — A truck driver has been given two life sentences for killing two men last year in Des Moines.

The Des Moines Register 40-year-old Ron-

ald Hawkinson was sentenced on Tuesday in Polk County District Court. He’d been convicted in October for the murders of 30-year-old Serif Hidic and 49-yearold Robert Smoot.

The men’s bodies were found in May 2012 on the lot of a trucking company owned by Hidic.

Hidic had sued Hawkinson over loan money that Hawkinson allegedly never repaid.

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Woman in unhappy relashipship should cut her losses and go DEAR ABBY: I have been with my fiance since 2006. We expected to be married in 2008, but my grandmother died a month before my wedding, and then he was arrested because of charges stemming from a sexual relationship he’d had with a 17-year-old girl he had been counseling.

Since then, we have had a daughter, but through it all there has been cheating, drugs, jail, no job, and constant excuses about why our sex life no longer exists.

We have also had physical altercations, which he was arrested for.

I am no longer happy with this relationship. The only reason I stay is because of our children. I’m only 33 and don’t want to live my life in misery anymore, but I will sacrifice my happiness for my children. I am confused and don’t know what to do. I’m just going through the motions in life. I work full time, coach my son’s soccer team and am living with MS. He does help somewhat, but it would be better if he would get a job. My mother watches my kids while I am working and after they get out of school. He claims because he doesn’t have a driver’s license he can’t get a job. Really? How many people in this world don’t drive and still have a job? Please give me some advice. I have reached my breaking point. — DOING THE BEST I CAN DEAR DOING THE BEST YOU CAN: You say you are willing to sacrifice your happiness with this loser for your children. Why? You are not married to him, and he is emotionally neglectful, physically abusive and contributes nothing financially. Admit to yourself that the “romance” has been a mistake, and as soon as it’s safe, get away from him. If he ever finds a job, the state will help you collect child support, but if he doesn’t, you’ll have one less mouth to feed.

DEAR ABBY: My mom insists on including my ex-husband and his wife at our family gatherings. I have told her repeatedly that it makes me very uncomfortable, but she even included them in the gift exchange last Christmas. What should I do? Not go?

My sister has already laid a guilt trip on me. Must I go and have Christmas

with my ex like we’re one big happy family? (If we had been happy, we would not have gotten divorced.) What are your thoughts on this? — LIVING IN DYSFUNCTION JUNCTION DEAR LIVING: If you and your ex were married for a long time, I can see why your mother might consider him still part of the family and want to include him. However, out of consideration for your feelings, it should be on a limited basis — not every holiday. (Could she be trying to punish you because she blames you for the divorce?)

Because it would make you uncomfortable and your mother knows it, make plans to do something you WOULD enjoy — perhaps a trip out of town to be with friends or to a different climate. And please, don’t feel guilty if you do — regardless of what your sister says.

DEAR ABBY: What do you say to your only son who can’t even call to tell you he is getting married? He posted it on Facebook, and I was notified via a text from my sister.

Our relationship isn’t the issue. He just doesn’t seem to be able to use his phone for TALKING. Your thoughts?

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be added to our bill.

This happened because developed countries did not challenge the scientifically-flawed notion that anthropogenic climate change is known to be responsible for causing extreme weather events. Consequently, Ban Kimoon faced no opposition from delegates when he unjustifiably blamed the recent typhoon in the Philippines on man-made global warming.

Rather than accepting such mistakes, here are the sorts of things our representatives to UN climate conferences must bring up.

Extreme weather has always been an integral part of the Earth’s climate system. It is not within human control and there has been no worldwide increase in such phenomena.

The UN’s own science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), stated in their March 28, 2012 Special Report on Extremes: “There is medium evidence and high agreement that long-term trends in normalized losses have not been attributed to natural or anthropogenic climate change.” In their September 2013 assessment report, the IPCC had only “low confidence” that damaging increases will occur in tropical cyclones (typhoons and hurricanes) due to global warming.

The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change agreed, asserting in their most recent report (September 2013): “In no case has a convincing relationship been established between warming over the past 100 years and increases in any of these extreme events.”

UN delegates also must ask critical questions of their leaders. For instance, extreme weather events occurred with about the same frequency during the 1945 to 1977 global cooling period as they do today, yet no climate scientist pointed to human activity as being responsible in the earlier period. What is different now?

Why has the Secretary General not answered the 134 skeptical climate experts who told him in their November 24, 2012 open letter: “current scientific knowledge does not substantiate your assertions…Global warming that has not occurred cannot have caused the extreme weather of the past few years.”

To maintain political pressure for the new climate accord, there will be additional UN negotiations this coming spring, summer, and autumn, the latter hosted by the Secretary General himself. Our negotiators must introduce the findings of real science at these meetings. Otherwise, we will soon be responsible for trillions of dollars in compensation for natural phenomena that impact rich and poor nations alike.

The right response is to help vulnerable people adapt to extreme weather events, to the degree we can afford.

The idea that we cause them and can prevent them from occurring is science fiction.

similar positions was approved and went into effect Wednesday, Dec. 4.

The employees will work as needed and will receive no benefits or pay increases.

“We do this every year,” Simon commented.

There is a new deputy in town. Sheriff John Halferty and Simon both asked the board for approval to hire Jason Cunningham as a replacement for another deputy who has left the Sheriff ’s Office.

Cunningham will start work Jan. 2.

The board also approved the hiring of a part-time

Tom Harris is Executive Director of the International Climate Science Coalition (www. climatescienceinternational.org). Dr. Madhav Khandekar, a former Research Scientist with Environment Canada, was an Expert Reviewer for the UN’s IPCC 2007 Climate Change documents and contributed to the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change.

Got an opinion? Let us know!

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Take Continued from Page 4A wheel axle snapped and I got stuck in the middle of an intersection.

I impressed so many of my new potential classmates that day. I caught two flats going to my old warehouse job, my brakes went out on me several times and I got pulled over more than 30 times in that thing.

That car was the best!

Some of you must think, “He’s gone a bit loopy” by now, but hear me out. Big Purp and I were together from the age of 19 until she was stolen from me a few weeks after I turned 24.

We had a bond. She got me to work and home; she gave me rides to and from two different colleges and allowed me to take girls on outings that didn’t consist of hanging

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very positive ways.

Advancements in medical technology continued forward and included the development of MRI and CT scanning systems. Vaccines for most major diseases had been in place for many years and the last fatal case of smallpox was recorded in 1976. Immunosuppressive drugs allowed organ transplants to become a reality for ever more people, and the first antiviral drugs were created.

Skiff kept pace with the changing technology by purchasing a blood gas analyzer for the laboratory in 1971, opening a new wing of the hospital dedicated to radiology and laboratory functions as well as a new emergency room in 1973, installing an automated pacemaker checking system in 1975, and purchasing a laparoscope for the operating room in 1976.

In that same year, an east addition was constructed on the hospital campus and included a four-bed coronary care unit.

The facility additions and technology acquisitions in the 1970s were funded by a combination of federal Hill-Burton funds and hospital resources, as well as a gift of 16,000 shares of Maytag common stock from the Maytag Family Foundation. Though some past renovation projects had also been funded in small ways by city tax levies, this support had ended by the mid 1970s.

In 1979, the hospital’s capacity had grown to 124 beds and an an-

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Report to the board and it was approved. The report concerns TIF districts within the county.

• Transfer Orders 131114 were approved. The total amount of funds transferred came out to $185,080.92 and

each of the four transfers covered a debt payment on behalf of the county for various issues.

• The board approved renewing the liquor license for Fore Seasons Golf Practice Facility.

out in my mom’s basement.

She was roomy enough that when it was my turn to drive, my friends had plenty of room to sit comfortably and I could easily fold my 6-foot-3 frame in the backseat to take naps between classes.

Despite the enormous amount of money and work my grandfather and I poured into that scrapyard on wheels and numerous times she failed me, I loved her and she got the job done.

I can appreciate having a newer, more modern vehicle now because my old car was such a piece of “work.”

This is why I think a young person’s — or anyone’s, for that matter — first car should be absolutely terrible. Who is going to appreciate the luxury of a new car if all you have known is new cars?

A person’s first car should be able to conjure up memories of moments

that may have been terrible when they happened, but you can laugh about them now. When my friend Donnell’s “Pokemobile I,” an ’89 Buick Century, broke down in the middle of nowhere, we were in absolute crisis mode.

These days, we laugh about that moment and mimic each others’ panicked reactions.

Donnell has had several cars since Pokemobile I and he just purchased a 2012 Toyota Corolla.

You need these types of moments that are associated with past vehicle mishaps to make you grateful the moment you can afford a better car.

So to whoever has Big Purp now, you better be treating her well. That car still holds a lot of my memories, both good and bad, and helped me get to where I am now.

Here’s to hoping she’s still rolling and giving some kid the same fits she gave me.

nual budget of $3.1M. Who would have thought 60 years earlier that a simple nine-room hospital with a $350 monthly budget would become this large and complex?

Unfortunately, the end of the 1970s brought with it an end to several years of relative tranquility in health-care reimbursement. Fears were growing in the health-care community nationally that Medicare was considering significant changes to their reimbursement programs to slow down the rate of growth in hospital spending. These fears were founded on other changes in the mid-1970s, including Medicare’s ruling to cap the rate of physician payment growth in 1975 and a decision by Medicaid to cap the length of a paid hospital stay at seven days in 1976. By 1977, the Skiff Board of Trustees was so concerned about these changes, and additional ones being proposed by the federal government, that a letter was sent to Senator Culver expressing their apprehension. Specifically, the Board was concerned about changes being proposed for the Medicare program that would cap hospital payments at current cost-based rates. Their conclusion was that such a move would effectively lock low cost providers like Skiff into permanently low payment rates.

In 1978, the hospital community in Iowa responded to these fears by creating the Iowa Voluntary Cost Containment Committee to identify ways to reduce local healthcare costs. In 1981, a front-page article appeared in the Des Moines Tribune regarding the high cost of health care in our state. Because most health-care services were pro-

vided on an inpatient basis, this was the focus of effort in most hospitals, and the focus of insurance companies as well, as evidenced by the implementation of a plan by Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Iowa in 1981 to reduce inpatient admissions. As hospital admissions declined, so did the need for inpatient capacity and, in 1982, the capacity at Skiff was voluntarily reduced to 98 beds.

In 1982, the federal government passed the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA).

TEFRA placed several limits on the way in which Medicare reimbursed hospitals. The act introduced targets for the average cost of care for each hospital and limited annual increases in these targets. No longer would Medicare pay actual costs of care provide; payments to hospitals would be capped. Skiff Board of Trustee minutes in December of 1982 noted the current “crisis in reimbursement” and just a few months later, in 1983, the decision was made to permanently close the extended care facility located in the Hunter Wing.

But this was not the end. In 1984, another change would be implemented that would cut the inpatient capacity of Skiff Memorial Hospital in half, would refocus the hospital in a very different direction and even result in changing the name. In July 1984, Ron Ross, the hospital administrator, would pen the following words in a letter: “As you are acutely aware, we are presently faced with the most dramatic and rapid changes ever seen affecting the delivery of health services.”

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Congregational UCC hosting financial assistance discussion The Congregational United Church of Christ, 308 E. Second St. N. in Newton, is hosting a discussion on financial assistance with Captain Jeff Carter of the Newton Salvation Army and Amy Hansen, county coordinator for Red Rock Area Community Action Program, at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday. Carter and Hansen will share the missions, goals and services offered by their organizations. All are encouraged to attend.

The event is free and open to the public.

Light refreshments will be served. Contact the Rev. Jessica Petersen at (641) 792-3773 with any questions.

Choices Christian Bookstore reminds shoppers to buy local, reason for the season

By Zach Johnson Daily News Staff Writer Choices Christian Bookstore is an advocate for shopping local and the reason for the season. The store held its Small Business Saturday sale, in which customers were given a different sale every hour during the shopping event.

“The sale was a success, many customers took advantage of the sales,” store manager Connie Jagau said “The biggest sale was the ‘Duck Dynasty’ hour.”

Choices is now completely decorated for the Christmas season with Christmas items all on the shelves now. The store also has online and catalog options with sales going on both. The deadline for ordering items from either online or the catalog is Dec. 17.

“The December catalog is in stores now, we want the community to shop local, so if it’s not in store we will find it,” Jagau said “We make

Least of Saints book giveaway Dec. 7 The Least of Saints Ministry, located at 2900 First Ave. E. in Newton, will host a free book giveaway from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7.

New and gently used books for children up to 12 years old will be available for free.

Local residents also are encouraged to bring books to give away.

Zach Johnson/Daily News Choices Christian Bookstore offers an assortment of items for all your Christmas shopping list.

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weekly orders to try to accommodate all customers. We send our orders in every Tuesday at around 3 p.m.”

Choices has items with both traditional and modern Christmas themes as well items for everyone on your shopping list.

“A big seller for us, during the Christmas

The Prairie City Church of the Brethren is holding a Fall Compassion Challenge by hosting a soup supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14.

All proceeds from the free-will offering soup supper will help raise money toward a $1,000 matching grant to be given to needy families in our communities.

There also will be crafts, baked goods, canned minced meat, etc.

Damage at the church from wind, rain and hail has been repaired, and the sanctuary will be open for viewing.

season, is study bibles, children’s books, Advent candles, Nativity sets, Holiday season DVDs and CDs as well,” Jagau said.

“We have something for everyone on your shopping list. We have some holiday CD gift sets with Amy Grant, Toby Mac, Jeremy Camp.”

Choices also does pre-orders for all of your Christian and inspirational genre of books, DVD, and CD. Look in the catalog or at the store for more information.

“We are now taking pre-orders for Casting Crowns new CD coming out next year called ‘Thrive,’” Jagau said.

How Does Knowing God’s Love Affect Your Relationships With People?

By Carey Kinsolving Creators Syndicate “I’m OK, You’re OK” is the title of a former best-selling book. “I Stink, You Stink” is the reality behind many soured relationships.

God’s love “affects me because I feel loved, and that makes me love other people,” says Rachel, 9.

Rachel has identified the key to healthy relationships. When we know God loves us in our heads and sense his love in our hearts, we don’t try to put people in the place of God. Don’t make an idol out of any human relationship.

Everyone needs love. Only God gives us perfect, unconditional love all the time. Consider yourself a channel

for letting God’s love flow through you, and you might be surprised at what flows back.

“The love of God comes through your spirit and makes you want to treat other people as God would want to treat other people,” says Courtney, 10. “The love that comes from God is everlasting, everywhere and is faithful.”

“I don’t stay mad as long,” says Stacy, 10. “It used to take days. Now, it takes about an hour to cool off. Once, I got so mad at one of my friends that I didn’t talk to her for a week. And she remembers it, too.”

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into a lake. His friends thought he had cooled off when they saw him wading into the water. He fished out the dripping bag, unzipped the side pocket, took out his car keys and flung the bag back into the lake.

Abiding in God’s love is the “key” to maintaining your cool under pressure, says Jared, 10. “Knowing God’s love helps you because you know that God will find a way to make things end up good. He can turn an impossible situation into a good one.”

God’s love can transform laziness into helpfulness, says Nicole, 10.

“Sometimes, I help my mom do dishes or clean the house. I help my dad by taking out the trash.”

That’s love with feet on it, Nicole. But the real foot story belongs to Ephraim, 10: “Sometimes when you play soccer, someone knocks you down. If you want to hit him back, that’s not the love of God. If you want to get him or her back, you lose your concentration, and you build up anger.

If you had the love of God, you would be able to concentrate and not build up anger.”

Anger in the form of revenge or bitterness can trip you up in soccer and in life. The Apostle Paul advocated forgiving one another “even as Christ forgave you” (Colossians 3:13).

“The love of God is very strong, and he gives that love to you,” says Lindsay, 9. “In everything you do and everything you say, God will show you the right way to do or say it.”

Jordon, 10, shares examples of that right way. “When somebody is being picked on or has no friends, cheer them up. If somebody gets hurt, try to help them and see if they’re OK.” Think about this: Only God’s love flowing through you can transform “I Stink, You Stink” relationships into “I’m Loved, You’re Loved.”

Memorize this truth: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you” ( John 15:12).

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By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor PEKIN — Four Lynnville-Sully wrestlers opened the 2013-14 season with two wins at Tuesday’s double dual meet hosted by Pekin. The Hawks went 1-1 in team action.

Lynnville-Sully defeated Pekin 54-18, but lost 45-30 to Sigourney.

Sigourney notched a 57-18 win over Pekin.

Junior Noah Zylstra recorded two pins at 170 pounds for Lynnville-Sully. Zylstra pinned Tyler Copeland of

Pekin in 3 minutes, 59 seconds.

He took just 1:53 to pin Sigourney’s Tanner Bos. Also winning by falls twice in the competition was the Hawks’ 285-pound wrestler, sophomore Zylstra Shannon Dunsbergen.

He turned Michael Hadley of Pekin in 3:29 and pinned J.C. Durmont of

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Sigourney in 5:43.

Lynnville-Sully senior Cade Doll started the season at 2-0, winning by forfeit in the Pekin dual. Doll pinned Sigourney’s Cooper Greiner in 2:20 at 160 pounds. Junior Cole Nickell won by forfeit twice as the Hawks’ 113-pounder.

In the 195-pound matches, Lynnville-Sully junior Blake Wehrle pinned Matt Bollinger of Pekin in 1:43. Wehrle had the only match of the two duals to go the distance. He lost 10-8 to Sigourney’s Noah Schuster.

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Payton Scandridge, Lynnville-Sully’s senior at 152 pounds, was 1-1 on the first night of action. He got the pin of Pekin’s Garret Bowermaster right at the end of the first period, recorded at the 2-minute mark. Scandridge was pinned by Noah Reeves of Sigourney in 1:34.

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Cards Cruise in Boone

Newton’s shooting, press spark big rally

By Dustin Turner Daily News Sports Writer BOONE — A rally is a funny thing. It can start from a single moment, play or even a timeout. For Newton, that moment was the initiation of a press, some timely shooting and an emerging talent.

Newton and Boone were deadlocked in a tight battle with the Toreadors up 7-6 late in the first quarter, until freshman Connor Gholson knocked down a 3-pointer with time ticking down, and the Cardinals never looked back.

Newton went into a fullcourt press that forced multiple turnovers and freed up shooters, well shooter. Gholson knocked down five threes in the second quarter, and steered the Cards to a 75-45 season-opening victory.

“My guys were just getting me open shots, and I hit them,” Gholson said.

The catalyst for the big run was undoubtedly the pressure, which continued to force turnovers, but Gholson’s shooting also provided help to his teammates, forcing the Toreador defense to account for the freshman, pulling the defense to the perimeter and allowing the rest of the Cardinal players to attack inside.

“We have shooters all over.

Teams are going to be worried about Easley and Wood — and they should be — but then, if you worry too much, you’re going to have Sturtz and Glotfelty and Gholson

Dustin Turner/Daily News Newton junior Nick Easley drives to the bucket during the first quarter of Newton’s win over Boone on Tuesday night.

knocking down threes,” Cardinal coach Nick Wilkins said.

“Now that the conference teams will be able to have film and see what he did in his first game as a varsity basketball player, it’s going to open up inside for us. They’re not going to want to leave him open, and I wouldn’t either if I was them.”

Boone started the game

with back-to-back buckets inside before Jordan Travis banged inside to get a layup and put the Cardinals on the board. Boone continued to attack in the post, getting good position and taking a 7-2 lead with two minutes left in the first quarter. Junior Nick Easley got aggressive on the next time up the floor, driving baseline for a layup with some contact. Joe Ban-

field scored on the fastbreak before Gholson hit a three to end the quarter with the Cards leading, 9-7.

Newton brought out its entire second unit to kick off the second quarter, and the five boys proved they can hold their own. Gholson knocked down back-to-back threes to NEWTON See Page 2B

Comets trounce Tigerhawks

By Dustin Turner Daily News Sports Writer COLFAX — ColfaxMingo’s girls basketball team continued with its slow start on Tuesday with a 6718 loss at North Polk.

The Tigerhawks struggled to stimulate any offense in the first couple of quarters, and by the second half, the large deficit and the running clock both worked against C-M to the point that there was no coming back.

“We struggled tonight in getting into our offense,” C-M coach Michelle Grant said. “We broke the full court man to man pressure fairly consistently, but allowed the press to take us out of our offense once we got to the half court set. Turnovers were the biggest factor and so many of them came in the half court set. Jade Lewis had a great night from the floor and the free-throw line to finish with seven points and three rebounds.”

The Comets took a 39-9 lead into the half. C-M picked up the scoring in the third with nine points, but most of the second half was played under a running clock. C-M failed to score in the final period.

North Polk 15-24-22-6-67 Colfax-Mingo 4-5-9-0-18 Game Leaders Points — Jade Lewis 7, Jena Teed 5, McKenzie Cogley 4, Alivia Haley 2 Rebounds — Cogley 4, Teed 4, Breawna Schroeder 3, Lewis 3, Jessica Albright 2, Kayla Van Dusseldorp 1 Assists — Teed 2, Albright 2, Cogley, 1 Steals — Teed 1, McKinzie Tjaden 1

Huskies pull out a victory over the Cardinal girls

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor NEWTON — “We got better.”

Brandon Sharp, Newton girls’ head coach, said that emphatically after Tuesday’s 45-38 loss to visiting Winterset. The Cardinals are a better team than their 0-4 record shows, according to their head coach.

“Tonight, it came down to free throws and us missing a couple of easy shots at the basket that we should of had. We pride ourselves on our play at the defensive end. We had a couple of key slip-ups defensively and rebounding that hurt us,” Sharp said.

The Cardinals battled the Huskies, who came in to the game at 2-0 and averaging 56 points a game. Newton handed Winterset its closest contest of the young 2013-14 season.

Winterset junior point guard Mariah Criswell was the only player in the game to reach double figures in scoring. She ripped the nets for 25 points — one under her season average — to lead the Huskies to victory.

“Mariah is a very talented player.

Michaela Jacobson did a nice job defending her for us tonight. Mariah had to work for a lot of her points.

We made it tough for her at times, but she’s just very good,” Sharp said.

Each team hit 11 2-point field goals

and four 3-point field goals. The margin of victory for the Huskies came at the charity stripe. Newton struggled, hitting 4-of-14 free throw attempts.

The Cardinals missed their first seven

attempts from the line in the second half and still were in the game.

Newton’s Michaela Jacobson nailed a 3-pointer with 1:16 to play to make it 40-36. Winterset would seal the win

by hitting 5-of-9 free throws in the final minute while holding Newton to GIRLS See Page 2B

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Setting up to defend a drive by Winterset’s Mariah Criswell (3) are Newton’s Michaela Jacobsen (40) and Hannah Rhoads (32).

Jacobsen has to work around a screen set by Winterset’s Sam Moss on the play. Criswell led the visiting Huskies to a 45-38 win over the NHS Cardinals Tuesday, scoring 25 points.

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Sports Calendar Thursday High School Wrestling Knoxville at Newton, 6:30 p.m.

English Valleys, Tri-County, Pella at Lynnville-Sully, 6 p.m.

North Polk at PCM, 6 p.m.

CMB at Nevada, 6 p.m.

Boys’ Swimming Newton at Waukee, 5 p.m.

Friday High School Basketball Newton at Norwalk, girls 6 p.m,, boys 7:30 p.m.

Nevada at Colfax-Mingo, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

Greene County at PCM, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

Gilbert at CMB, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

Pella Christian at Dallas Center-Grimes, girls 6 p.m., boys 7:30 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully at Keota, girls 6 p.m., boys 7 p.m.

Saturday High School Wrestling Newton Invitational, 10 a.m.

CMB, PCM at Bondurant-Farrar Invitational, 9 a.m.

Lynnville-Sully at Montezuma Invitational, 11 a.m.

Boys’ Swimming Newton Invitational, 10 a.m., Newton YMCA High School Basketball Colo-Nesco at CMB, girls 3 p.m., boys 4:30 p.m.

Lynnville-Sully at Eddyville-BlaksesburgFremont, girls 4 p.m., boys 6 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo at Grandview Park Baptist, girls at 1:30 p.m., boys 3 p.m.

Roland-Story at Pella Christian girls, 2:30 p.m.

Pella Christian boys at Washington, 6:30 p.m.

Bowling Newton, Pella Christian at Knoxville Invitational, 11 a.m.

Wrestling: Hawks host meet Thursday Continued from Page 1B 126, freshman Caden Dunsbergen at 132, sophomore Kyle Kramer at 138 and senior Meliek Meyer at 145. Sophomore Jack Harden was pinned twice at 182.

Lynnville-Sully hosts English Valleys, Tri-County and Pella Thursday. Matches begin at 6 p.m. in Sully. The Hawks go to the Montezuma Invitational Saturday.

Lynnville-Sully (LYSU) 54.0 Pekin (PEKI) 18.0 106: double forfeit. 113: Cole Nickell, LYSU, forf. .

120: double forfeit. 126: Zach Buller, PEKI, pinned Korey Exline, LYSU, 0:00. 132: Caden Dunsbergen, LYSU, forf. .

138: Kyle Kramer, LYSU, forf. . 145: Manny Meyer, LYSU, forf. . 152: Payton Scandridge, LYSU, pinned Garret Bowermaster, PEKI, 2:00.

160: Caden Doll, LYSU, forf. . 170: Noah Zylstra, LYSU, pinned Tyler Copeland, PEKI, 3:59. 182: Scott Entsminger, PEKI, pinned Jack Hardin, LYSU, 3:04. 195: Blake Wehrle, LYSU, pinned Matt Bollinger, PEKI, 1:43. 220: Trenton Conger, PEKI, forf. . 285: Shannon Dunsbergen, LYSU, pinned Michael Hadley, PEKI, 3:29.

Sigourney (SIGO) 45.0 Lynnville-Sully (LYSU) 30.0 106: Chase Denny, SIGO, forf. . 113: Cole Nickell, LYSU, pinned Nathan Vest, SIGO, 0:43. 120: double forfeit. 126: Korey Exline, LYSU, forf. .

132: Jeremiah Green, SIGO, pinned Caden Dunsbergen, LYSU, 0:32. 138: Nathan Fritz, SIGO, pinned Kyle Kramer, LYSU, 2:35. 145: Lane Boender, SIGO, pinned Manny Meyer, LYSU, 0:57. 152: Noah Reeves, SIGO, pinned Payton Scandridge, LYSU, 1:34.

160: Caden Doll, L Y S U , p i n n e d C ooper G re i n e r, S I G O , 2:20. 170: Noah Zylstra, LYSU, Doll p i n n e d Ta n n e r Bos, SIGO, 1:53. 182: Noah Schuster, SIGO, pinned Jack Hardin, LYSU, 0:00. 195: Noah Schuster, SIGO, dec. Blake Wehrle, LYSU, 10-8. 220: Tucker Fowler, SIGO, forf. . 285: Shannon Dunsbergen, LYSU, pinned JC Dumont, SIGO, 5:43.

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Newton: Abundance of shooters open up paint for Cards Continued from Page 1B open the quarter. Newton ramped up the pressure with a steal at midcourt by Nick Glotfelty, who kicked it to Gholson for another three.

After another unsuccessful trip down the floor for Boone, Gholson calmly pulled up and nailed is fourth three in less than two minutes.

“The press definitely opened things up for us to get outside shots,” Gholson said. “When you’re shooting like that, you’re confidence gets sky-high, and you just want to keep shooting.”

The Cards picked up another steal with a dive on the floor by senior Ryan Thompson, and Wilkins called a timeout. Newton’s starters reentered the game after the timeout and joined in on the rally. Easley got to the bucket for a score. After a few minutes went by with limited scoring, Gholson reentered the game and aptly nailed another shot from long range.

Boone started to break the

press for layups, but the Cardinals did not get discouraged, quickly getting the ball back out to get up the floor for more points. Junior Tyler Wood picked off a pass and found Gholson out in transition. The freshman penetrated and hit a short range shot off of a jump-stop. Wood nailed a three right before the buzzer sounded to give Newton a 4023 edge.

Newton’s press continued to fuel its offense in the second half. Easley, Daquan Allen and Chandler Sturtz all had big buckets to start the half, taking a 59-29 lead for Newton. The bench took over from there, and it never got close going to the finish.

“We came out and we attacked right away,” Wilkins said. “We got a slow start just because we weren’t making some shots. I think as the game went on, you kind of saw the type of team we’re going to be this year as far as we have a lot of shooters. You can’t leave anyone open on our team.”

Despite the sizeable mar-

Dustin Turner/Daily News Newton freshman Connor Gholson gathers before pulling up to hit one of his six threes in the game at Boone on Tuesday

gin of victory, Wilkins found things to pick out that Newton can still get much better at.

“Our halfcourt defense was actually pretty poor,” Wilkins said. “We gave up a lot of layups, didn’t block

cuts, didn’t help. We have a lot of things to work on in the halfcourt defense.”

The Cards travel to Norwalk on Friday to try to keep the momentum going.

Newton 9-31-19-16 — 75 Boone 7-16-8-14 — 45

Girls: Free throw shooting woes continue for Newton Continued from Page 1B just a basket. The Huskies sank 11-of-19 charity tries for the game.

Winterset jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but Newton’s Alex Hutchinson found the net from behind the 3-point arc.

A putback by Shelby Gray had the Cardinals up 5-4. Backto-back baskets by Hannah Rhoads and Sarah Kalkhoff pushed Newton’s advantage to three points with 3:34 left in the first quarter.

Jacobson’s three-point play with 1:18 remaining in the first

quarter put Newton up 14-10, which is where it stood going into the second period.

Mariah Criswell took command in the second quarter, scoring 10 of her team’s 13 points in that eight-minute span. She hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give her team an 18-16 lead.

Rhoads and Gray answered for Newton with baskets. The Cardinals led 20-18 with 2:22 on the clock. Mariah Criswell sank two free throws to tie the game.

Mariah Criswell dribbled the basektball out front, run-

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton’s Shelby Gray (34) works around Winterset’s Janel Henggeler (51) to get a basket in the second half of Tuesday’s home game.

Tigerhawks lose opener to Comets

By Dustin Turner Daily News Sports Writer COLFAX — Colfax-Mingo’s boys got off to a rocky start to their season on Tuesday night, losing 72-30 at home to North Polk.

The Comets came out hot, doubling the Tigerhawks’ point total from the first quarter — 16-6. North Polk took a 39-16 lead into halftime. Colfax-Mingo played the Comets to a nearly even third quarter, but the visitors put away C-M with a 22-4 run to end the game.

“This is the first step in the learning process for our inexperience players,” C-M coach John Borts said. “We’ll need to take better care of the ball and cut down on turnovers. We missed a lot of scoring opportunities near the basket. Our players hustled and played hard, but we have a lot of correctable things to work on.”

North Polk 16-23-11-22 — 72 Colfax-Mingo 8-8-10-4 — 30 Points — Colin Lourens 8, Nate Smith 7, Blake Summy 4, Juan Gonzales 4, Jacob Lietz 4 Rebounds — Lourens 7, Smith 5, Lietz 3, Gonzales 3, James Stoecker 2 Assists — Lietz 4, Lourens 2 Steals — Lietz 2, Smith 1

ning time off the clock in a 20-20 tie. She drove to the lane, kicked out the ball with a pass and just before the buzzer, Macayla Criswell drilled a trey to put Winterset up 23-20 at halftime.

Newton senior Lizzie Stock answered that with a 3-pointer to open the third-quarter scoring. Gray’s follow shot had Newton in front again. It was a back-and-forth contest. Stock connected again from long range for a 28-27 Newton lead at the 4:14 mark.

Trailing by one, the Cardinals missed on two shots inside with 2:28 left in the third period. Mariah Criswell stole the basketball scored, was fouled and hit the free throw for Winterset’s 32-28 lead.

Kalkhoff got the ball to go in for Newton with 40 seconds on the clock. The Cardinals were down by two, 32-30, going into the final eight minutes of play.

Mairiah Criswell hit her third 3-pointer of the game and had three more points to push Winterset’s lead to 40-32 midway through the fourth quarter.

Rhoads finally broke through for Newton at the free-throw line, hitting the front end of a one-and-one. Jacobsen hit the 3-pointer to close the gap to four points. That was as close as the Cardinals would get.

Gray and Jacobsen topped the Newton scoring list with eight points each. Gray pulled down nine of the team’s 36

rebounds. Jacobsen had six rebounds. Hutchinson, Rhoads and Jacobsen each handed out three assists. Jenkins had two steals.

Newton shot 39 percent, 15-of-38, from the field. The Cardinals had 20 turnovers.

“We’re excited because our kids have shown they can play.

This was the most consistent game so far this season for us,” Sharp said. “The girls worked extremely hard. They did everything we asked of them.”

The Cardinals jump into Little Hawkeye Conference play Friday at Norwalk.

Newton’s junior varsity girls netted a 36-19 win over Winterset. Macy Leonard hit three 3-pointers on her way to a team-high 14 points for Newton. Jessica Reynolds added eight points.

Newton’s freshmen got their first action of the season. They played two five-minute quarters between the junior varsity and varsity games Tuesday night. Newton beat Winterset 14-0 led by Ryanne Rausch with four points. Five players had one basket apiece.

Winterset 10-13-9-13—45 Newton 14-6-10-8—38 Newton — Jenkins 1-2-2-4, Stock 0/2-02-6, Hutchinson 0/1-0-4-3, Rhoads 2-14-5, Gray 4-0-0-8, Jacobson 2/1-1-4-8, Kalkhoff 2-0-3-4. TOTALS: 11/4-4-19-38.

Winterset — Johnson 0-1-1-1, Mar. Criswell 5/3-6-1-25, Messerschmidt 2-2-0-6, Mac. Crisell 0/1-0-1-3, Crouse 0-0-3-0, Moss 1-2-4-4, Eyerly 2-0-1-4, Henggeler 1-0-4-2. TOTALS: 11/4-1115-45.

PCM girls suffocate Gilbert for first win

By Dustin Turner Daily News Sports Writer MONROE — After starting the season with two difficult losses on the road, Prairie City-Monroe’s girls basketball team got its first win on the season on Tuesday night in dominating fashion. The Mustangs downed the visiting Gilbert Tigers 64-39.

PCM and Gilbert played a close first quarter, with the Mustangs ahead 14-10 at the break. PCM ramped up the defense the next two periods, allowing 10 points in the second and third quarter combined and scoring 35 of its own. By then, the fourth quarter was just a

formality.

The Mustangs forced 17 steals on the night. They also racked up 19 assists and 17 rebounds as a team. PCM shot 24-for-50 from the field and 6-for-15 from long range.

The Mustangs went 10-for-18 from the free throw line.

Gilbert 10-6-4-19 — 39 PCM 14-15-20-15 — 64 Points — Rachel Gulling 16, Courtney Van Houweling 11, Abbi Gilson 11, Lexi Kain 8, Katie Vande Wall 6, Kayla Jennings 5 Rebounds — Kain 4, Vande Wall 3, Gilson 3, Jennings 3, Van Houweling 2 Assists — Van Houweling 9, Kain 3, Gulling 3, Gilson 2 Steals — Gulling 5, Van Houweling 4, Kain 2, Gilson 2 Blocks — Karina Van Dyke 2, Jennings 1

Raider teams fall at Saydel to Eagles

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor SAYDEL — Something had to give in both games between Collins-Maxwell/Baxter and host Saydel Tuesday night. The girls’ teams were 0-2 on the season going into the contests.

In a game with four ties and four lead changes, Saydel’s girls came out with a 48-36 win over the Raider girls.

CMB’s Abbie Haupert scored a gamehigh 16 points, plus pulled down eight rebounds. Haupert blocked four shots, made three steals and handed out four assists in the game. Mikayla Eslinger added 10 points for the Raider girls.

OPENING the 2013-14 season, the

Raider boys came up just short, losing to Saydel 64-60.

“It was pretty competitive throughout the game,” said Scott Brummel, CMB boys’ head coach. “We got down by 10 points with about 1:30 left in the game, but still came back to make a game of it. ” What the Raider boys weren’t able to do was counter the 32-point performance by Saydel senior Alex Gustafson.

Junior Seth Balke led the Raider boys with 19 points. Balke hit three of the team’s seven 3-pointer shots. The other four treys were delivered by senior Austin Moorman, who finished with 14 points. Bryce Kemp, a junior, scored 11 point and controlled eight rebounds.

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Secretary of State Fees..................................$30.00 Self, Pepper Mileage............................$801.17 Shred-It Des Moines Services............................$77.89 Shutts, Brad M Reimbursement...............$103.88 Skiff Medical Center Medical..............................$60.00 Smith's Quality Rental Supplies..........................$212.04 Spahn & Rose Lumber Co Supplies............................$99.37 State Steel of Des Moines Supplies.......................$1,201.10 Stutt, Russ Reimbursement.................$37.00 Sully Telephone Association Utilities.............................$271.80 Sun Concrete Pumping Supplies.......................$1,536.75 Superior Welding Supply Supplies..........................$323.60 TCR Roofing LLC Services.....................$70,494.94 Thorpe, Keith Mileage..............................$50.85 Trease, Eurita Mileage............................$187.58 US Bank Services............................$47.45 US Cellular Utilities..........................$1,319.33 US Foods Foodservice Food.............................$7,052.26 VanMaanen Electric Inc Services............................$77.50 VanRyswyk P & H Inc Services..........................$300.00 VanWyngarden, Steve Mileage............................$185.89 Verizon Wireless Utilities..........................$1,537.79 Vision Internet Providers Inc Fees................................$220.50 Walnut Creek Apartments Shelter.............................$235.00 Walter F Stephens Jr Inc Supplies..........................$106.90 Wendel, Susan Reimbursement...............$313.11 West Publishing Corporation Services..........................$775.00 White Cap Construction Supply Supplies............................$78.08 Windstream Utilities..........................$6,296.79 Wingfoot Commercial Tire Supplies..........................$143.50 Zep Manufacturing Co

TCR Roofing LLC Services.....................$70,494.94 Thorpe, Keith Mileage..............................$50.85 Trease, Eurita Mileage............................$187.58 US Bank Services............................$47.45 US Cellular Utilities..........................$1,319.33 US Foods Foodservice Food.............................$7,052.26 VanMaanen Electric Inc Services............................$77.50 VanRyswyk P & H Inc Services..........................$300.00 VanWyngarden, Steve Mileage............................$185.89 Verizon Wireless Utilities..........................$1,537.79 Vision Internet Providers Inc Fees................................$220.50 Walnut Creek Apartments Shelter.............................$235.00 Walter F Stephens Jr Inc Supplies..........................$106.90 Wendel, Susan Reimbursement...............$313.11 West Publishing Corporation Services..........................$775.00 White Cap Construction Supply Supplies............................$78.08 Windstream Utilities..........................$6,296.79 Wingfoot Commercial Tire Supplies..........................$143.50 Zep Manufacturing Co Supplies..........................$124.47 Grand Total..............$459,255.59 December 4 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 26, 2013, 12:00 pm CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS The City Council of Newton, Iowa met in special session at 12:00 pm on the above date in the Council Chambers at 101 West 4th Street South. Mayor Hansen presided.

Present: Council Members Price, George (via telephone), Julius, Trotter (via telephone), Mullan. Absent: Otto.

Moved by Price, seconded by Julius to introduce a resolution acknowledging and consenting to the assignment of an agreement for private development in the City of Newton Speedway-Prairie Fire Urban Renewal Area.

AYES: Five. NAYS: None. Resolution No. 2013 - 210 adopted.

Moved by Mullan, seconded by Price to Introduce a Resolution Acknowledging and Consenting to the Assignment and Assumption of an Airport Use Agreement and Lease. AYES: Five. NAYS: None. Resolution No. 2013 - 211 adopted.

Mayor Hansen announced that the City is aware of the new entity and looks forward to a long and prosperous relationship.

Moved by Mullan, seconded by Price, to adjourn the meeting.

Motion unanimously carried by voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 12:04 pm.

Michael L. Hansen, Mayor Katrina Davis, City Clerk December 4 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN L. OSWALT A/K/A JOHN OSWALT; SPOUSE OF JOHN L. OSWALT A/K/A JOHN OSWALT; BANK OF THE WEST; MARSHA L. OSWALT; STATE OF IOWA; THE COURTYARD APARTMENTS, Defendants.

EQUITY NO. EQCV118571 ORIGINAL NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION To the above-named Defendants: John L. Oswalt a/k/a John Oswalt and Spouse of John L. Oswalt a/k/a John Oswalt You are notified there was on 9/25/2013 filed in the Office of the Clerk of the above-named Court a Foreclosure Petition, which prays for foreclosure of a mortgage in favor of the Plaintiff on the property described herein and judgment in rem in the amount of $67,195.25 plus interest at the rate of 6.375% per annum from 3/1/2013, such amount equaling $11.74 per day, the costs of the action including title costs of $225.00, and reasonable attorney fees and that said sums be declared a lien upon the followingdescribed premises from 9/17/2003, located in Jasper County, Iowa, to-wit: Lots One and Two of Baker's Subdivision in the City of Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, as appears in Plat Book B, at page 606 in the Office of the Recorder of said County that the mortgage on the abovedescribed real estate be foreclosed, that a special execution issue for the sale of as much of the mortgaged premises as is necessary to satisfy the judgment and for other relief as the Court may deem just and equitable.

The attorney for the Plaintiff is David M. Erickson, whose address is The Davis Brown Tower, 215 10th Street, Suite 1300, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-3993, Phone: (515) 288-2500, Facsimile: (515) 243-0654.

NOTICE THE PLAINTIFF HAS ELECTED FORECLOSURE WITHOUT REDEMPTION. THIS MEANS THAT THE SALE OF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY WILL OCCUR PROMPTLY AFTER ENTRY OF JUDGMENT UNLESS YOU FILE WITH THE COURT A WRITTEN DEMAND TO DELAY THE SALE. IF YOU FILE A WRITTEN DEMAND, THE SALE WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL SIX MONTHS FROM ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY IS YOUR RESIDENCE AND IS A ONEFAMILY OR TWO-FAMILY DWELLING OR UNTIL TWO MONTHS FROM ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY IS NOT YOUR RESIDENCE OR IS YOUR RESIDENCE BUT NOT A ONE-FAMILY OR TWO-FAMILY DWELLING. YOU WILL HAVE NO RIGHT OF REDEMPTION AFTER THE SALE. THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE WILL BE ENTITLED TO IMMEDIATE POSSESSION OF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY. YOU MAY PURCHASE AT THE SALE. You must serve a motion or answer on or before the 24th day of December, 2013, and within a reasonable time thereafter, file your motion or answer, in the Iowa District Court for Jasper County, Iowa, at the County Courthouse in Newton, Iowa. If you do not, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.

If you require the assistance of auxiliary aids or services to participate in court because of a disability, immediately call your district ADA coordinator at 515-2863394. (If you are hearing impaired, call Relay Iowa TTY at 1 800 735 2942.) Disability coordinators cannot provide legal advice.

Clerk of the Above Court, Jasper County Courthouse Newton, Iowa IMPORTANT YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE AT ONCE TO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS. Date of Third Publication December 4, 2013 November 20 & 27, December 4

Public Notices Jasper County Board of Supervisors November 19, 2013 Minutes Tuesday, November 19, 2013 the Jasper County Board of Supervisors met in regular session at 9:30 a.m. with Supervisors Stevenson, Brock and Carpenter present and accounted for; chairman Stevenson presiding.

Mark Land, representing Snyder & Associates, Inc., was here to present the 28E Agreement to create the Watershed Management Authority. Denny Stevenson said he would agree to signing the 28E Agreement after being approved by County Attorney, Mike Jacobsen.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Brock to approve the 28E Agreement to create the Watershed Management Authority.

YEA: BROCK, CARPENTER, STEVENSON Elderly Nutrition Director, Kelli VanManen, asked the Board approve an Agreement for Provision of Food Services between Jasper County and Skiff Medical Center.

Skiff Medical Center will provide meals at the rate of $6.00 each for Saturdays and Sundays, except that the rate of $5.00 per meal shall apply for those meals prepared on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. This agreement shall be effective from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014.

Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to approve the Agreement for Provision of Food Services between Jasper County and Skiff Medical Center.

YEA: CARPENTER, BROCK, STEVENSON Kelli VanManen asked the Board approve a contract between Aging Resources of Central Iowa and Jasper County.

Jasper County will provide homedelivered and/or congregate Traditional Holiday Meals to persons sixty (60) years of age and older on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Aging Resources will reimburse the County for holiday meals minus any donations.

Therefore, there will be no cost to the County for the meals.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Brock to approve Aging Resources of Central Iowa Holiday Meal Contract.

YEA: BROCK, CARPENTER, STEVENSON Kelli VanManen also asked the Board approve the Aging Resources of Central Iowa Application for Funding in the amount of $120,000.00. The contract period would be from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2016.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Brock to approve the Aging Resources of Central Iowa Application for Funding in the amount of $120,000.00.

YEA: BROCK, CARPENTER, STEVENSON Human Resource Director, Dennis Simon asked the Supervisors to approve a hiring resolution for Mary Bunse to move from a volunteer position to a substitute position.

Motion by Brock, seconded by Carpenter to adopt Resolution 13-52 a hiring resolution to approve and certify the following appointment to the Auditor for payroll implementation: DEPARTMENT Congregate Meals POSITION Kitchen/Driver (Sub) EMPLOYEE Mary Bunse PAY RATE $8.60 RANGE/STEP Range 9, Step 1 EFFECTIVE DATE 11/20/13 YEA: CARPENTER, BROCK, STEVENSON A complete copy of the Resolution is on file in the office of the Jasper County Auditor.

Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Brock to approve Supervisors' minutes for November 12, 2013.

YEA: BROCK, CARPENTER, STEVENSON Motion by Carpenter, seconded

by Brock to adjourn the Tuesday, November 19, 2013 Board of Supervisors' meeting.

YEA: STEVENSON, BROCK, CARPENTER Melissa Hartgers, Deputy Auditor Dennis Stevenson, Chairman Jasper County Payments 11/19/2013 A & J Associates PC Services..........................$691.26 A Kleen Inc Services..........................$317.50 AAF International Supplies.......................$1,353.16 Acton, Tom Mileage............................$161.59 Advanced Correctional Medical.........................$3,016.64 Ag-Grow Plus Lawn Care Inc Services..........................$584.00 Ahlers & Cooney PC Services..........................$189.00 Alliant Energy-IP&L Utilities..........................$7,386.40 Ambassador Steel Supplies.......................$1,386.52 American Institutional Supply Supplies............................$39.11 American Resource Consultants Supplies.......................$3,363.72 Arnold, Anita Diane Mileage............................$309.06 Arrow Pest Control Services..........................$455.00 Barney's Inc Maintenance.................$1,656.89 Black Hills Energy Utilities..........................$1,324.70 Boettcher, Jeannie Mileage............................$330.53 Boyer Petroleum Company Supplies.......................$1,441.67 Brooker Corporation Services.......................$2,172.72 Buchmeier, Ralph Lawrence Mileage..............................$37.29 Bunse, Mary Mileage............................$111.31 Cable, Gerriann Mileage............................$249.17 Capital City Equipment Company Supplies.......................$9,380.53 Capital Sanitary Supply Co Inc Supplies.......................$1,096.91 Capstone Behavioral Healthcare Medical.......................$10,097.67 Card Services Services..........................$653.58 Carpenter Uniform Uniforms.......................$1,048.44 Carpenter, Dennis S Reimbursement...............$134.56 Castillo, Inez Mileage............................$379.68 CBM Food Service Food.............................$4,538.10 Central Iowa Distributing Inc Supplies..........................$151.00 Central Iowa Fasteners

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1950 WINTERS half pint milk bottle, $5. Hull pottery tea pot, creamer, sugar bowl, 1 candle holder, parchment and pine, $100.

Maytag fire truck, from Recognition program, $45.

Maytag truck #4-9 : 1952 GMC, 1955 Diamond T, 1953 Ford Stake truck, Highlander, 1937 Chevrolet Delivery, 1937 Stake. In boxes-$20 each or 6 @ $100. 792-8017.

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1999 HARLEY Davidson XL CH Sportster, red & black, runs good, 24,000 miles, $3500. Must sell. call for details, after 2:30pm 641-521-7165

1997 FORD Conversion Van. Heavy ½ ton, great for towing. New front end and front tires. Runs great. $2400. 515-778-2792

2002 GRAY, extended cab Chevy Silverado. Fully loaded with towing package, leather, heated seats, automatic seats, mirrors, etc. 207k miles and some very minor dents/scratches. Engine runs perfect.

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1995 SHO: Parts car with lots of good parts. Bad engine and automatic transmission. Good Body, glass, wheels, and more. Asking $4900 for both cars. 641791-2220.

1999 ARTIC Cat 4-wheeler ATV, like new, runs great! $1950. 641-831-3821. No calls after 8 pm.

2007 CHEVY COBALT, RED, 121,2112 MILES. IN GREAT SHAPE. PERFECT FOR ANYONE WANTING A FABULOUS RUNNING CAR WITH UNBEATABLE GAS MILEAGE. WE ARE ONLY SELLING BECAUSE OUR FAMILY IS GROWING AND WE UPGRADED TO A LARGER VEHICLE. ASKING $4,000 OBO. CALL (409) 789-3825

Astrograph Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Gaining through loss is the theme during these final hours before Mercury enters Sagittarius. Think of those unwanted items and unnecessary obligations you could let go of. At the end of the day, you won’t even notice they are gone. But if you really want to feel better, you’ll have to let go of something bigger. A loss that is not felt is not a loss.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 4). You’ll upgrade your lifestyle by first changing the way you think about a problem. If you insist on only one way of proceeding, you will meet an impasse. Flexibility of mind makes many beautiful things possible. You’ll open your heart to someone new in January. Compete for a prize in March. Cancer and Scorpio people adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 50, 2, 21, 24 and 38.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). To look into another person’s eyes and try very hard to understand and feel for that person is no small act. Your brand of

attention really is rare and beautiful.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Memory serves each person differently. That’s why it’s important to get things in writing, take pictures and document what’s happening in every possible way.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The trend of self-sacrifice continues with today’s proceedings. Nearly all of your efforts are for others, and you have mixed feelings about this. It’s good to be needed, but who is there for you when you need something?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

You’re ready to put a piece of your personal property up for sale. There’s no need to waste time wondering what it’s worth. It’s worth what someone will pay for it. Your best bet is an auction environment with a minimum bid.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

You love specifically. Take note of the precise qualities that thrill you. If you can later

tell someone in detail what you love about him or her, it will be among the greatest gifts you could give.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

Telling the same story over and over is a method of brain training that you can use to your advantage. Tell yourself the story that makes you feel empowered, and tell it often.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

You long for them to stop business as usual and concentrate on making you happy for a change. They won’t get the idea to do this, though, until you take control and make yourself happy.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

You’re feeling patient and will have a high tolerance for those difficult people no one else wants to deal with. You do realize that you may be someone’s only friend.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

When presented with something new, usually your first instinct is to approach. But every novelty is different.

Some cause the opposite

reaction. Pay attention when you feel the urge to withdraw instead, and obey the instinct.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

Embrace the way you are: your moods, talents, tolerances and intolerances. If things don’t work today, it’s not your fault. Take it as a sign that you need a better environmental match.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

Things don’t come together automatically or magically, and when they look like they do, it’s because someone put a lot of work into creating that illusion. Knowing this, you’ll give praise accordingly.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your respect for other people’s time and energy is commendable. Reading social signals is one of your many skills. As you pick up the subtleties of what someone is saying, you’ll help others around you do the same.

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